Chicken
This salad is so good! I ate a lot of salad over the summer and when school started back up, I went right into comfort food. Not really the best thing to do. But I wanted to make something for Craig who is a good friend who took some time out of his day to custom make something for me. (You will be seeing and hearing about that a little later) . Craig asked me to make him a dessert so I did that, but also wanted to make him something a little more so this was it! He and his shift at the fire station were able to enjoy this delicious fall salad.
INGREDIENTS
Pomegranate infused craisins
Granny Smith apple
pear
Romaine lettuce
Goat cheese
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
vegetable oil
2 Tablespoons rice vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1 clove garlic
1 lime, juiced
salt
pepper
Pumpkin Pie Spiced Pecans (recipe below)
2 cups pecan halves
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
3 Tablespoons maple syrup
1 Tablespoon olive oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with non stick foil and spray with non stick spray. Put the pecans on the prepared baking sheet, sprinkle with pie spice,chili powder and sea salt. Drizzle with olive oil and maple syrup. Mix well coating all of the pecans. Bake for 15 minutes stirring every five minutes. Remove from oven, stir and let cool. Store in air tight container.
Poppy Seed Dressing (recipe below)
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup milk (I used 1 percent)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
2 Tablespoons poppy seeds
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
pinch of salt
Combine all dressing ingredients and whisk until well blended. Store in the refrigerator.
DIRECTIONS
The chicken will need to marinade for 2-4 hours. Add the vegetable oil, rice vinegar, sugar, garlic, lime salt, and pepper to a heavy duty resealable plastic bag, mix well and add the chicken. Keep in fridge for 2-4 hours, remove from bag, then bake (keep covered with foil while baking) in a 350 degree oven for 40 minutes or until cooked completely through. When the chicken is done and cooled, chop the chicken into bite size pieces.
To assemble the salad start with the romaine lettuce and add the craisins, apple, pear, prepared pecans, goat cheese and the chicken. Top with the dressing and serve. I like the chicken to be slightly warm when I serve this!
Enjoy,
After having my sister-in-law Lisa’s crispy grilled chicken wings, I set out to make crispy wings in the oven. I have found success with this and LOVE IT! This is more of a method as you can use ANY sauce you want to coat the wings. This can be done with Lisa’s buffalo sauce. I am currently working on another sriracha honey sauce and will add that recipe after I work on it a little more and get the recipe exactly where I want it!
Make this for your next football get together or any gathering you may be having. You will not be disappointed as I have already made these two more times, and they disappear really fast in my house! This recipe can easily be doubled and I recommend it!
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 pounds chicken wings
1 cup of honey
1 pinch (or more if you want it spicy) red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 Tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
1 Tablespoon baking powder
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil, place a cooling wire rack on top of the baking sheet and spray liberally with non stick spray. Put the wings in a bowl and add the baking powder, coating all of the wings with a thin coat of powder shaking off any excess and placing the chicken on the prepared pan. When all of the wings are coated and on your pan place the pan on the LOW rack in your oven and bake for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes turn the oven up to 425 degrees, move the pan to the middle rack in your oven. Bake for 20 minutes, turn wings over and bake for another 20 minutes. While the wings are baking mix the remaining ingredients together and set aside. When the wings have finished cooking for the second 20 minutes, brush the honey mixture on the top of the wings and let bake 1 minute, turn wings and coat the second side with mixture, cook one minute and repeat this step one more time. Remove from oven and serve warm.
Enjoy,
This is pure COMFORT on a dish and cannot get any easier! I baked some chicken the night before I made this dish. To make it even easier the next time, I think I will be picking up a rotisserie chicken from my grocery store. I brought this to work and shared some with a co-worker and she loved it so much she went home to make it for her family!
INGREDIENTS
4 cups cooked chicken, chopped or shredded
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 12 ounce container of french onion dip
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
12 ounces egg noodles
1 container french fried onions (I used the large can, why you ask? Well they are very easy to snack on while cooking and before you know it, they may be gone! …just sayin!)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 pan with non stick spray and set aside.
Cook egg noodles according to package ( mine took six minutes). Combine cream of chicken soup, french onion dip, cheese and chicken in a large bowl mixing well. When the noodles are done cooking , drain and add to chicken mixture and mix well. Put this into your prepared pan and top with the french fried onions. Bake for 25 minutes watching the last five minutes as the french fried onions can burn. If they start to get dark, cover with foil the last few minutes!
Enjoy,
This recipe comes from www.plainchicken.com
This is a simple dish that does take a little time, but the end result was very good. I really like the contrast of the pasta and the crispy chicken.
INGREDIENTS
16 ounces bow tie pasta
2 pounds boneless skinless chicken, cut into bite size pieces
1/4 cup of butter, cubed
2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup (undiluted)
2 cups frozen peas
1 red pepper sliced
1 1/2 cups milk (any you have)
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
2/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 cup dijon mustard
2 cups Panko crumbs
Vegetable oil (enough to shallow fry)
DIRECTIONS
Boil your water. In a large frying pan add enough oil to shallow fry your chicken, heat on medium. You will be able to tell when the oil is ready when you place the handle side of a wooden spoon into the oil and the oil bubbles around the spoon. While the water is coming to a boil and your oil is heating up, put the mustard in one bowl and Panko crumbs in another bowl. Add the chicken to the mustard to coat each piece, once coated add the chicken to the Panko and thoroughly coat each piece. When the oil is ready add the chicken to the pan and cook through turning and browning the chicken until thoroughly cooked. Cook pasta according to package directions. In another large pan on medium heat add soup, peas, pepper, milk, salt and pepper. Heat through. Stir in cheese. drain pasta and add to sauce. Top each plate with the crispy chicken pieces and serve warm.
Enjoy,
I know, crispy and grilled don’t always seem to go together but in this case they absolutely do! This is a recipe my sister-in-law Lisa shared with me at our Ormond family reunion. I am not sure where she got the recipe but I am sure glad we have it and she is allowing me to share with all of you! Jim and I disagree a little bit with wings. Mr. MCYM does not really care if the chicken wings are crispy BUT I don’t think it is a good wing without that crisp exterior crunch! Considering these are my new favorite wings, and they will be in our regular food rotation, I have a feeling he will grow to LOVE these as much as I do! We also have a slight difference with dipping sauce. With buffalo wings I like to have ranch dressing but Mr. MCYM is a true blue, blue cheese dressing fan! At my house these are now called Lisa’s Wings and I hope you give them a try!
NOTE- I think these would bake up the same in the oven if you bake them with a Bakers rack on top of a cookie sheet. I will try this next time and update when I do!
I have another recipe from the Ormond family reunion from my other sister-in-law Cindy, so stay tuned for more great party food!
INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons of olive oil
Salt
Pepper
wings (I used fresh, not frozen) use your desired amount
Frank’s Wing Sauce, enough to coat both sides of wings. I used over a cup
DIRECTIONS
Light your clean grill setting the heat level to LOW. Toss the wings in a bowl along with the olive oil, salt and pepper to taste. Toss well. Place the wings on the grill and grill without touching them for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes turn the chicken wings over once and don’t touch them for another 30 minutes. After one hour, brush the top of the wings with the buffalo sauce and cook for five more minutes. Turn the wings , brush the second side with wing sauce and cook five more minutes. Remove from grill and serve warm with your choice of ranch or blue cheese dressing.
Enjoy,
